Tonight on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams

Tonight on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams – Wednesday 31^st October 2012

** Asian white paper and its lofty goals for language studies.  A Linguist's view.

** Challenges facing the US-Australia alliance in the 21^st century.

** Balinese art:  From its origins in the traditional Balinese village to its present place at the forefront of the high-priced Asian art scene.

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